Taco Tico is a chain of Tex-Mex cuisine fast-food restaurants. This establishment serves tacos, tostadas, nachos, enchiladas, burritos, refried beans, quesadillas, taco burgers, and sanchos available for dine-in, take-out, or drive-thru. Dan Foley opened the first Taco Tico in 1962, in his native Wichita, Kansas. He began franchising new locations in 1967. The company kept expanding and also added more items to the menu, which originally just offered tacos and nachos, and was a regional hit by 1980.
In 1988, Foley sold the company and chain to a former executive from KFC. The meat recipe, which gave Taco Tico tacos their unique flavor, was changed at that time. most likely as a result of corporate influence, in an effort to lower costs. The meat, at that time, was sent in frozen tubes, from the home office. The flavoring was shown to be unpopular and Taco Tico has since switched back to the original flavoring.
Expansion continued and locations are throughout the Midwest and Southeastern states. Taco Tico developed 4 distinctive taco sauces (mild, medium, hot, and volcano) in 1971 and continues to use them today. They also offer a green chili sauce. Newer buildings are adobe with teal-green and orange awnings, signs, and trim.
If you’re Betsy Guynn, you think employees, benefits, training and career planning. Betsy is the human resources director for the local Taco Bell franchisee, Progressive Restaurants, Inc. Founded in 1997 by President Nick Davis, Progressive Restaurants owns and operates 26 Taco Bell restaurants in the Gainesville, Ocala, Belleview, Inverness, Crystal River, St. Augustine, Palm Coast and Tallahassee markets.
Betsy grew up in High Springs and attended high school and college in Alachua County. She is pleased to now call the Plantation Oaks area of Alachua her home. Her 17- year-old son Charlie and silky terrier Captain Rhett Butler keep the household busy.
Civic involvement and continuing education are important to Betsy. She is an alumnus of Leadership Gainesville and past treasurer and board member of the Junior League of Gainesville. Additional past board positions include Keep Alachua County Beautiful and the Volunteer Center.
Betsy is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management and is certified as a professional in human resources (PHR). She recently graduated from the Human Resources College and Operations College programs offered by YUM! University, the education arm of Taco Bell’s parent company, YUM!
Betsy began her professional career in banking over 25 years ago. Her first position was as a part-time teller during college. She loved the customer contact and professional atmosphere, saw a career path and made banking her home. Over the years, Betsy continued to assume more responsibility in the areas of personal banking, business development and human resources. Her last position was as assistant vice president/ branch manager with M&S Bank.
Timing is everything! Betsy made the decision in 2005 to get back into the human resources arena. Progressive Restaurants had been experiencing record sales and was ready to make a commitment to training and development for its employees. Betsy joined the Progressive team in August 2005.
As human resources director for Progressive’s Taco Bell restaurants, Betsy is charged with employee retention and training along with the delivery of benefits and payroll for more than 600 employees.
Employee development and career planning set Progressive apart from its competitors. Progressive takes pride in offering its management generous salary and bonus programs. Benefits provided managers include paid vacation, sick and holiday time along with health, dental, life insurance and 401k plans.
“The wonderful thing about our company is that we have a wide range of positions available in each of our markets,” Betsy says. “Whether you are seeking part or full-time employment, have a highschool diploma or are college educated or simply are seeking to change professions, Taco Bell and Progressive Restaurants has a place for you!”
Progressive’s goal is to become The Best Restaurant Operating Company in the World! In order to achieve this goal, Nick Davis and his team realize their most prized assets are their employees!
To develop and grow leaders, Pro- gressive added two new development training programs to its existing training schedule in 2005. Building People Capability, a sevenweek intensive program offered to new managers and supervisors, is taught by the Progressive Senior Management Team. This program enhances the staff’s knowledge of basic daily tasks while also providing best practice experiences of seasoned leaders within the company.
Another new program, Progressive Life Skills was created from Davis’ vision of providing added value to the restaurant employees by offering training and services to assist in their personal lives. The curriculum includes personal safety/self defense and basic finance classes. The personal safety class is taught by a deputy sheriff and provides education on how to protect yourself if you are suddenly attacked. The basic finance class teaches the employees how to balance their checkbooks and maintain a good credit score along with information for applying for personal loans. Future offerings will deal with workplace Spanish, tips for new home financing and planning for retirement.
Progressive employees need look no further than the Gainesville Restaurant Support Center to find an inspiration for success! Davis began his career working in restaurants at the age of 16. Later, he accepted a position working for McDonald’s and was promoted to shift manager while still in high school.
Taco Bell issued an updated response to a lawsuit claiming that its taco meat was only 36% beef. In this statement Taco Bell CEO and Chief Concept Officer Greg Creed gave facts and figures to challenge the assertion that its taco meat consisted of largely fillers and extenders.
According to Taco Bell, its taco meat consists of 88% beef, and up to 10% of the remainder consists of water and/or spices. Creed again repeated that Taco Bell would ‘vigorously defend’ the claims against the quality of its products.
This statement clearly refutes the heart of the matter raised in the lawsuit. Two previous statements implied a denial of the accusations, but stopped short of offering facts and figures regarding the content of fillers and extenders of its product. The lawsuit was widely reported on Tuesday by most major news outlets and many online blogs
In 1988, Foley sold the company and chain to a former executive from KFC. The meat recipe, which gave Taco Tico tacos their unique flavor, was changed at that time. most likely as a result of corporate influence, in an effort to lower costs. The meat, at that time, was sent in frozen tubes, from the home office. The flavoring was shown to be unpopular and Taco Tico has since switched back to the original flavoring.
Expansion continued and locations are throughout the Midwest and Southeastern states. Taco Tico developed 4 distinctive taco sauces (mild, medium, hot, and volcano) in 1971 and continues to use them today. They also offer a green chili sauce. Newer buildings are adobe with teal-green and orange awnings, signs, and trim.
If you’re Betsy Guynn, you think employees, benefits, training and career planning. Betsy is the human resources director for the local Taco Bell franchisee, Progressive Restaurants, Inc. Founded in 1997 by President Nick Davis, Progressive Restaurants owns and operates 26 Taco Bell restaurants in the Gainesville, Ocala, Belleview, Inverness, Crystal River, St. Augustine, Palm Coast and Tallahassee markets.
Betsy grew up in High Springs and attended high school and college in Alachua County. She is pleased to now call the Plantation Oaks area of Alachua her home. Her 17- year-old son Charlie and silky terrier Captain Rhett Butler keep the household busy.
Civic involvement and continuing education are important to Betsy. She is an alumnus of Leadership Gainesville and past treasurer and board member of the Junior League of Gainesville. Additional past board positions include Keep Alachua County Beautiful and the Volunteer Center.
Betsy is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management and is certified as a professional in human resources (PHR). She recently graduated from the Human Resources College and Operations College programs offered by YUM! University, the education arm of Taco Bell’s parent company, YUM!
Betsy began her professional career in banking over 25 years ago. Her first position was as a part-time teller during college. She loved the customer contact and professional atmosphere, saw a career path and made banking her home. Over the years, Betsy continued to assume more responsibility in the areas of personal banking, business development and human resources. Her last position was as assistant vice president/ branch manager with M&S Bank.
Timing is everything! Betsy made the decision in 2005 to get back into the human resources arena. Progressive Restaurants had been experiencing record sales and was ready to make a commitment to training and development for its employees. Betsy joined the Progressive team in August 2005.
As human resources director for Progressive’s Taco Bell restaurants, Betsy is charged with employee retention and training along with the delivery of benefits and payroll for more than 600 employees.
Employee development and career planning set Progressive apart from its competitors. Progressive takes pride in offering its management generous salary and bonus programs. Benefits provided managers include paid vacation, sick and holiday time along with health, dental, life insurance and 401k plans.
“The wonderful thing about our company is that we have a wide range of positions available in each of our markets,” Betsy says. “Whether you are seeking part or full-time employment, have a highschool diploma or are college educated or simply are seeking to change professions, Taco Bell and Progressive Restaurants has a place for you!”
Progressive’s goal is to become The Best Restaurant Operating Company in the World! In order to achieve this goal, Nick Davis and his team realize their most prized assets are their employees!
To develop and grow leaders, Pro- gressive added two new development training programs to its existing training schedule in 2005. Building People Capability, a sevenweek intensive program offered to new managers and supervisors, is taught by the Progressive Senior Management Team. This program enhances the staff’s knowledge of basic daily tasks while also providing best practice experiences of seasoned leaders within the company.
Another new program, Progressive Life Skills was created from Davis’ vision of providing added value to the restaurant employees by offering training and services to assist in their personal lives. The curriculum includes personal safety/self defense and basic finance classes. The personal safety class is taught by a deputy sheriff and provides education on how to protect yourself if you are suddenly attacked. The basic finance class teaches the employees how to balance their checkbooks and maintain a good credit score along with information for applying for personal loans. Future offerings will deal with workplace Spanish, tips for new home financing and planning for retirement.
Progressive employees need look no further than the Gainesville Restaurant Support Center to find an inspiration for success! Davis began his career working in restaurants at the age of 16. Later, he accepted a position working for McDonald’s and was promoted to shift manager while still in high school.
Taco Bell issued an updated response to a lawsuit claiming that its taco meat was only 36% beef. In this statement Taco Bell CEO and Chief Concept Officer Greg Creed gave facts and figures to challenge the assertion that its taco meat consisted of largely fillers and extenders.
According to Taco Bell, its taco meat consists of 88% beef, and up to 10% of the remainder consists of water and/or spices. Creed again repeated that Taco Bell would ‘vigorously defend’ the claims against the quality of its products.
This statement clearly refutes the heart of the matter raised in the lawsuit. Two previous statements implied a denial of the accusations, but stopped short of offering facts and figures regarding the content of fillers and extenders of its product. The lawsuit was widely reported on Tuesday by most major news outlets and many online blogs